16 Facts About Kenneth Fuchs

Kenneth Daniel Fuchs was born on July 1,1956 and is a Grammy Award-winning American composer.

Kenneth Fuchs currently serves as Professor of Music Composition at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Connecticut.

Kenneth Fuchs is the first living American composer recorded by the Sinfonia of London and its conductor, John Wilson.

Kenneth Fuchs has composed music for orchestra, band, voice, chorus, and various chamber ensembles.

Kenneth Fuchs's music has achieved significant global recognition through performances, media exposure, and digital streaming and downloading throughout North and South America, Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, and Australia.

In 2013, the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra invited Kenneth Fuchs to compose a fanfare-overture, Forever Free, to celebrate the Sesquicentennial of the State of West Virginia.

Kenneth Fuchs created a version of the work for band, which was performed by ensembles throughout the State to celebrate the occasion.

Kenneth Fuchs received his Bachelor of Music degree in composition from the University of Miami where he graduated Omicron Delta Kappa.

Kenneth Fuchs earned a Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the Juilliard School in New York City.

Kenneth Fuchs's teachers included Milton Babbitt, David Diamond, Vincent Persichetti, David Del Tredici, Alfred Reed and Stanley Wolfe.

Kenneth Fuchs served as head of the department of music at the University of Connecticut from 2005 to 2008.

Kenneth Fuchs served as a member of the Commission on Accreditation for the National Association of Schools of Music, evaluating music curricula at collegiate institutions throughout the United States.

Kenneth Fuchs served as an on-site evaluator to such institutions as the Cleveland Institute of Music, Curtis Institute of Music, Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, Arizona State University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Washington.

Kenneth Fuchs has composed scores for orchestra, band, solo instruments, voice, chorus, standard and mixed chamber ensembles, and musical theater.

Kenneth Fuchs's music is published by Bill Holab Music, Edward B Marks Music Company represented by Keiser Southern Music, Hal Leonard Corporation, Theodore Presser Company, and Subito Music.

Kenneth Fuchs has been awarded artist residencies at the Atlantic Center for the Arts ; The Hermitage ; The MacDowell Colony ; The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico ; and Yaddo.